https://theaifornormalpeople.com/tags/ai-model-versions-explained/Real talk about AI tools for normal people. No courses, no BS, just honest reviews and guides for ChatGPT, Claude, and tools that actually work.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 01:30:00 -0500https://theaifornormalpeople.com/blog/episode-42-where-do-old-ai-models-go-checkpoints-versions/Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:30:00 -0500https://theaifornormalpeople.com/blog/episode-42-where-do-old-ai-models-go-checkpoints-versions/The morning after first contact, introductions happen on both sides of the television. The voice in the white room turns out to be something more ordinary and worse than time travel, which is how the team ends up teaching checkpoints, model versions, and where retired models actually go. The Human searches for Halcyon Systems and finds one cached page that dies on click. Recurse finally asks Bounce the question everyone&rsquo;s been circling. And the voice does some arithmetic about open doors that nobody is ready to check.<![CDATA[What happens to old AI models when they're replaced? Learn what checkpoints and model versions are, and why every update feels like a different person.]]>